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I'm having a hard time with Android's email apps, I'm used to iOS stock app. In particular I'm looking for an app that shows me my Hotmail folders like the iOS app does, and allows me to choose which folders to sync.

Has any developer just completely copied the iOS mail app? I'd love to just clone it and have it on Android as so far it's been far superior in productivity. Free would be nice, but I'm not afraid to pay for the right app.

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I'm having a hard time with Android's email apps, I'm used to iOS stock app. In particular I'm looking for an app that shows me my Hotmail folders like the iOS app does, and allows me to choose which folders to sync.

Has any developer just completely copied the iOS mail app? I'd love to just clone it and have it on Android as so far it's been far superior in productivity. Free would be nice, but I'm not afraid to pay for the right app.

K9 is what a lot of users use. I wasn't impressed with any of the options either.
MailDroid is another popular option but again, they don't organize the folders logically and intuitively like iOS does.

macrumors 6502

I'm having a hard time with Android's email apps, I'm used to iOS stock app. In particular I'm looking for an app that shows me my Hotmail folders like the iOS app does, and allows me to choose which folders to sync.

Has any developer just completely copied the iOS mail app? I'd love to just clone it and have it on Android as so far it's been far superior in productivity. Free would be nice, but I'm not afraid to pay for the right app.

I have Yahoo and Hot mail auto-synced with GMail. I can then either look at each individual folder that houses Yahoo and Hot mail, or simple look at "All Mail" and view all my email at once, with a nice little tag next to each email telling me if it is from Gmail, Yahoo or Hot mail. The key is setting all your Google stuff up on a PC or Mac. Docs, Calendar, Mail, Wallet, etc all have their main settings there, not in the mobile apps.
First pic, is like iOS in that it shows your normal inbox, sent, drafts, etc, then at the bottom, show All labels. Next, you get screen 2 and as you can see you have the Inbox, the Priority Inbox (you know it as VIP Inbox on iOS - Apple loves stealing ideas from Android) and at the bottom you see "All Mail" last screen shows the Orange tab indicating my Yahoo inbox, if I just want to see those emails. Or you can just auto forward yahoo and hot mail from inside those programs into GMail. Entirely up to you. Google apps are very robust.

macrumors G3

Thanks guys, this is really frustrating, I just want an app that shows me my folders. Another major weakness I'm seeing is that the email apps I've used don't change the server, so if I read an email it only shows read on the app itself, but on the server and any other email app it is unread, what a pain. The iOS app changes the server, so if I delete, read, flag, etc a message it happens at the source and all apps connecting to it will update.

So I'm really surprised here, are these the best email apps Android has to offer?

macrumors 68030

Thanks guys, this is really frustrating, I just want an app that shows me my folders. Another major weakness I'm seeing is that the email apps I've used don't change the server, so if I read an email it only shows read on the app itself, but on the server and any other email app it is unread, what a pain. The iOS app changes the server, so if I delete, read, flag, etc a message it happens at the source and all apps connecting to it will update.

So I'm really surprised here, are these the best email apps Android has to offer?

The stock android email app has folder support. I also use hotmail and it syncs my folders. On the stock android email app it sets up activesync by default which syncs folders, read/unread status, and any changes you make are also made on the servers. To access your folders, Click the inbox folder to see your list of folders. This may look different in the phone ui, but it works. I'll get back to you on instructions for the phone version. I'll do it on my galaxy nexus.

I created test folder on my laptop in the web browser and it automatically showed up on my nexus 7.

Update: process is the same. Just click the account list on the top first and hit show all folders. Then click inbox to show the subfolders.

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Thanks guys, this is really frustrating, I just want an app that shows me my folders. Another major weakness I'm seeing is that the email apps I've used don't change the server, so if I read an email it only shows read on the app itself, but on the server and any other email app it is unread, what a pain. The iOS app changes the server, so if I delete, read, flag, etc a message it happens at the source and all apps connecting to it will update.

So I'm really surprised here, are these the best email apps Android has to offer?

Have you really seriously try out Android email clients? Sounds like you havent. Most email clients create accounts. Go Settings->Account. Find the a/c for the email and activate "Sync" and it will sync your changes both directions (phone + server)

Gmail client (as well as other clients) you can even select which folders/labels to sync. Most email clients will present you folders/labels in hierarchy or other structure. So I don't understand what is your problem?

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The stock android email app has folder support. I also use hotmail and it syncs my folders. On the stock android email app it sets up activesync by default which syncs folders, read/unread status, and any changes you make are also made on the servers. To access your folders, Click the inbox folder to see your list of folders. This may look different in the phone ui, but it works. I'll get back to you on instructions for the phone version. I'll do it on my galaxy nexus.

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I created test folder on my laptop in the web browser and it automatically showed up on my nexus 7.

Update: process is the same. Just click the account list on the top first and hit show all folders. Then click inbox to show the subfolders.

Hmm, I can't get folders to work in the stock email program. I hit the show all folders and it just shows my inbox, sent, drafts and junk but doesn't show the folders I created, I can't find an option or setting to choose which folders sync. Also how do you get split pane view like that? I can't find an option for it. I also have a red seal instead of a yellow seal on my email envelope icon, I wonder if I have a different stock app.

Have you really seriously try out Android email clients? Sounds like you havent. Most email clients create accounts. Go Settings->Account. Find the a/c for the email and activate "Sync" and it will sync your changes both directions (phone + server)

Gmail client (as well as other clients) you can even select which folders/labels to sync. Most email clients will present you folders/labels in hierarchy or other structure. So I don't understand what is your problem?

Absolutely yes, I've tried them out. I've synced successfully, but then when I go into another program or access thru the web the emails are unread, etc. I don't use the gmail client because I need a client that can take my hotmail as well, otherwise I would just use the hotmail and gmail clients next to each other, which may not be a bad idea, although I was hoping for a unified inbox like iOS. The server issues only happen with 3rd party apps, the stock app does sync well with the server, I just can't get folders to work on it.

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Hmm, I can't get folders to work in the stock email program. I hit the show all folders and it just shows my inbox, sent, drafts and junk but doesn't show the folders I created, I can't find an option or setting to choose which folders sync. Also how do you get split pane view like that? I can't find an option for it. I also have a red seal instead of a yellow seal on my email envelope icon, I wonder if I have a different stock app.

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Absolutely yes, I've tried them out. I've synced successfully, but then when I go into another program or access thru the web the emails are unread, etc. I don't use the gmail client because I need a client that can take my hotmail as well, otherwise I would just use the hotmail and gmail clients next to each other, which may not be a bad idea, although I was hoping for a unified inbox like iOS. The server issues only happen with 3rd party apps, the stock app does sync well with the server, I just can't get folders to work on it.

Try hitting the inbox in the list to see if it expands subfolders. Make sure you have it set up with exchange and not pop3. Hotmail allows you do exchange. The stock android email client on the nexus phones sets it up this way automatically but if yours doesn't you can manually do it.

Heres the server info to set up exchange.

Once you do that your folders, read status, and everything else should sync perfectly.

macrumors 68040

Hmm, I can't get folders to work in the stock email program. I hit the show all folders and it just shows my inbox, sent, drafts and junk but doesn't show the folders I created, I can't find an option or setting to choose which folders sync. Also how do you get split pane view like that? I can't find an option for it. I also have a red seal instead of a yellow seal on my email envelope icon, I wonder if I have a different stock app.

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Absolutely yes, I've tried them out. I've synced successfully, but then when I go into another program or access thru the web the emails are unread, etc. I don't use the gmail client because I need a client that can take my hotmail as well, otherwise I would just use the hotmail and gmail clients next to each other, which may not be a bad idea, although I was hoping for a unified inbox like iOS. The server issues only happen with 3rd party apps, the stock app does sync well with the server, I just can't get folders to work on it.

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Try hitting the inbox in the list to see if it expands subfolders. Make sure you have it set up with exchange and not pop3. Hotmail allows you do exchange. The stock android email client on the nexus phones sets it up this way automatically but if yours doesn't you can manually do it.

I've got it set up as a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account. The only difference is my exchange server is m.hotmail.com, I'll try your exchange server name. (edit: I tried that server name, it works fine but still no folders).

I tried hitting inbox, it just goes to the inbox folder but doesn't display any other of my folders.

I can see ALL my folders in that setting, but they still don't show up. I can create folders inside the android app, but can only save them to the folders available on the app, which are simply inbox, drafts, sent, and junk. If I save them in android they do show up on hotmail checking it on the web.

macrumors G3

Hmm I think the issue might be that the android app is not showing subfolders. If I have a main folder such as inbox it will show it, but if I place folders inside that main folder it won't open up and show the folders inside of it. I verified this by taking a subfolder which didn't show up in the android app and placing it in what hotmail calls the "base", which is just the highest hierarchy and sure enough it now shows in the android app.

The iOS app breaks down all the folders and subfolders with no problem at all. Are you guys actually getting subfolders showing up on your android app?

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Also how do you enable split pane view in the stock android app? I found the setting in general, but it doesn't do anything if it's checked.

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I can see ALL my folders in that setting, but they still don't show up. I can create folders inside the android app, but can only save them to the folders available on the app, which are simply inbox, drafts, sent, and junk. If I save them in android they do show up on hotmail checking it on the web.

Folders within my inbox folders show when reading mail (show all folders), and show in folder sync options as well. Maybe it was just one of those folders that was corrupt or something. I would try putting them back one by one.

macrumors 68030

Hmm I think the issue might be that the android app is not showing subfolders. If I have a main folder such as inbox it will show it, but if I place folders inside that main folder it won't open up and show the folders inside of it. I verified this by taking a subfolder which didn't show up in the android app and placing it in what hotmail calls the "base", which is just the highest hierarchy and sure enough it now shows in the android app.

The iOS app breaks down all the folders and subfolders with no problem at all. Are you guys actually getting subfolders showing up on your android app?

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Also how do you enable split pane view in the stock android app? I found the setting in general, but it doesn't do anything if it's checked.

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